I
received an email in response to Part I of Fashionable Burkas? telling
me that I would do better if I loved the terrorists:

“Your
jab at Muslim terrorist women for saying:

American
soldiers ("filth of the earth"), the Jews ("crush them!" & "make their
wives widows and children orphans")

I
feel these angry words are similar to how you feel about terrorists.
I would respect you if you checked your anger with humility about
your own lack of love for your enemies. I feel your influence in media
would do a great deal for the kingdom of Christ if you loved your
enemies instead.”

While
I respect this person’s right to their view, the bottom line of my
answer was this:

“What
is it but love to expose the lies and darkness that oppresses, enslaves
or endangers …those Jesus loves and laid down his life for?”

It’s
like this: Terrorists kidnap 3 Israeli soldiers, or as in the 80’s,
American hostages. The Israeli and American governments do everything
they can for the release of their captive countrymen. New York Police
and Firemen rush into the Twin Towers to rescue the victims of 9/11.
A good neighbor runs into the house on fire next door to rescue those
trapped in the flames.

Love
does all it can to rescue victims. Moses did in natural terms. Jesus
did in spiritual terms. Love acts, and sometimes simply by telling
the truth. Passivity does nothing.

The
truth is… it makes me sad and angry when terrorists kill innocent
people, such as on 9/11; who raise their children to hate the Jews
and brainwash them into becoming suicide bombers; who lie and don’t
keep their word despite countless negotiations and efforts at 'peace';
who cry for more and more land, and when Israel gives it up, they
continue to attack them because their goal is to ‘wipe Israel off
the map.’

Love
is strong, and tough, like Dr. James Dobson writes about, and like
what we use to talk about in college counseling courses. You know,
the elephant in the living room that no one wants to acknowledge because
of ‘family dynamics,’ ie co-dependence, fear. But tough love acknowledges
the realities, confronts when needed, even when others don’t or won’t.
Love does not live in denial or passivity.

The
truth is…not all Muslim women suffer abuses such as these slides of
“Looking Beyond the Veil” demonstrate. To lump all Muslim women in
with the likes of the ‘wives of terrorists’ referred to in Part I
would be very wrong. But it would also be wrong to ignore the ‘elephant’
of abuse that does exist.

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Telling
the truth has the power to set victims free…and yes, even the victimizers,
such as our friend, Walid Shoebat. who is trying to get the truth
out every chance he can on Fox News, CNN, et al, about the nature
and intent of radical Islam.

Sharon is the President of The Center for Changing
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